Patents by Inventor Kouta KATOU

Kouta KATOU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Assay chip
    Patent number: 9551661
    Abstract: An assay chip includes fluidic-channel member composed of a light-transmissive lower member and an upper member, forming a fluidic-channel therebetween, and a cover member fitted with the fluidic-channel member from the upper-member-side thereof. An inlet for injecting a sample solution into the fluidic-channel and a suction opening for sucking, from the downstream side, the injected sample solution, both communicating with the fluidic-channel, are formed on the upper surface of the upper member. A pot for carrying out predetermined pre-processing on the sample solution, a pot for first-reaction processing to bind a photoresponsive labeling substance to an analyte in the sample solution, an inlet insertion-hole for inserting the inlet, and a suction-opening insertion-hole for inserting the suction opening are linearly arranged on the upper surface of the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihito Kimura, Akihiro Komatsu, Toshihiro Mori, Hideyuki Karaki, Nobuhiko Fujiwara, Kouta Katou, Tadahiro Matsuno
  • ASSAY CHIP
    Publication number: 20130266480
    Abstract: An assay chip includes fluidic-channel member composed of a light-transmissive lower member and an upper member, forming a fluidic-channel therebetween, and a cover member fitted with the fluidic-channel member from the upper-member-side thereof. An inlet for injecting a sample solution into the fluidic-channel and a suction opening for sucking, from the downstream side, the injected sample solution, both communicating with the fluidic-channel, are formed on the upper surface of the upper member. A pot for carrying out predetermined pre-processing on the sample solution, a pot for first-reaction processing to bind a photoresponsive labeling substance to an analyte in the sample solution, an inlet insertion-hole for inserting the inlet, and a suction-opening insertion-hole for inserting the suction opening are linearly arranged on the upper surface of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Toshihito KIMURA, Akihiro KOMATSU, Toshihiro MORI, Hideyuki KARAKI, Nobuhiko FUJIWARA, Kouta KATOU, Tadahiro MATSUNO